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Kevin Woodley
Peninsula News Review.

Despite an apology from. ClearNET

"executives and contrary to a staff rec-
ommendation, Central Saanich. coun-

..cilors were unwilling to proceed: with

. first and second readings of a rezoning E

application for the 30-meter communi-
cations tower the cellular company built
- without a permit...”

“The Vice President” saying: sorry
doesn’t help,” said Councilor Diane
-Moen in reference toa letter.from David
“Christie, ClearNET’s vice president of

laws *:

“8051 Central Saanich Road. rezoned.

‘ity after erecting a telecommunications

tower at the site without a building per-

~ mitin the second week of March. In fact,

the Western Region: “I: don’t support’
even first or ‘second readings of the by-.-
-] don’t want ‘to’ ‘see.-Central :
& ‘Saanich, become. a community. where:

~ from A-l Agricultural to P-3 Public Utik

» the company. “proceeded. tocomplete _

‘construction of the tower after a stop-

work order was posted at the site by mu-

-nicipal staff March 12.

In addition to filing the rezoning ap.

.. plication, the. company has advised the -
~ district that it is prepared to implement
~~ aesthetic changes to the existing struc-

ture and complete a list of three recom-

‘mendations from Jolin Winsor, the dis-

trict’s director of planning and building
- services,

Those t ‘ecohiniendalisis inicluded re.
painting the monopole in. accordance
with recommendations from a camou-
flage specialist, planting additional fast
growing, tall trees and: executing a

covenant to prevent the property owner. :

from cutting any of the existing trees
that surround the pole.
‘In addition to the recommendations,

Winsor’s report noted the monopole lo-

cation was aller ed slightly from the area

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Review. Contributor .

For the second year in a row,
the annual Taste of the Island.

» was held this August long week-

end, showcasing. the Island’s

wide array of foods, beverages
and preserves, for what seemed
to be a feast-off for the first an-

‘nual August as Island Agr icul-

lure month. .
“The recently-cr cated month

Jong. appreciation of Vancouver

Island farmers was announced
last week by the provincial gov-
ernment. ;

The government's — liming
could not have been better as ap-

proximately 6,000 people flooded

Oldfield Orchards on August 1
and 2 (0 sample what organizer

“and owner Debbie Scott called a
~ taste of “nature’s bounty.”

For just a $4 cover charge,

consumers were free to sample

from each of the 50 vendors who

grow and/or produce local nat- *

ural goods, '

“Whatever is made locally is

pretty much represented by at

least one vendor,” said Scott.
Consumers tasted beer, wine,

pasta, jams, patés, spices, ice

cream and just about every other,

imaginable food product offered,
“What we can grow here is so

different than what we're buy-

ing,” she said.
“We've got everything we

nee d on the Islands.”

The large-scale event wis Bup-

port ted wisle ly by the community,

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The Credit. Union face-painted
the day away. Island bands .

played for the feasting crowd

and Farmers groups like the Is-_ .

land Farmers’. Alliance | show-
cased their causes from their
booths.

- Although the Ti aste | is inde:

pendently. hosted, Oldfield: Or-
cchards is af filiated with the Is-
land Farmers Alliance, an orga:
nization that‘assists local farm- -

ers, —
In addition {to raising con-
sumer awareness, the Taste of.
the Island also benefited the fo-
“al food bank by donating $1
from each Sd admission fee,
Proceeds will also. be donated

- to the 4-H club and to the scout:

groups on the Peninsula,”

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August 4, 1999

~ The fraud chaiges against Jack
Barker have ‘been put over until :
‘August 19. :
Barker is facing 17 charges of o
‘fraud dating back to a business:

February 25, 1992. The charges
were laid by a former business

Count 1 states that Barker, be: -
tween those dates, ‘used approxi-
mately 15° cheques. purportedly .

payable to Dell-Bar consultants as oie
caf they were genuine, : “knowing. os
“said docu to. es forged con

_ The m eublols gals chareed wi -
defrauding Morris Dunn by. carry:

opments Ltd. of: approximately. 7
$60,500...
None of the charges: relate to” 7
- Barker's actions'as a Town Coun-
cillor for Sidney. >.
Barker maintains his i innocence
in the business deals. He said all
transactions were documented and
— audited at the time the pr ject ¥ was
underway.

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